# Discovery Ventures

> Discovery Ventures is a VC fund backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 62 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 62
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 2%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/discovery-ventures
- Website: https://www.discovery-ventures.com/

Discovery Ventures is a VC fund in Berlin focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Micro VC supporting outstanding technology entrepreneurs across the globe.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Discovery Ventures. Shizune tracks 4 team members at Discovery Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/discovery-ventures-7af5?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.2M–$14M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.3M–$4M |
| Series A | $12M–$44M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 11 | 18% |
| FinTech | 9 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 9 | 15% |
| Software | 6 | 10% |
| Internet | 5 | 8% |

66 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 26 | 42% |
| Pre-Seed | 8 | 13% |
| Series A | 7 | 11% |
| Series B | 3 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 28 | 45% |
| United States | 4 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 6% |
| France | 2 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 2% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Federico Traeger | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/federico-traeger-4124 |
| Finn Weise | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finn-weise |
| Jan Deepen | Founding Partner | 21 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jan-deepen |
| Stefan Jeschonnek | Founding Partner | 30 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stefan-jeschonnek |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CopilotKit | CopilotKit is the full-stack framework for building user interactive agents and copilots. The company behind the AG-UI Protocol. | $20.5M | Series A | May 05, 2026 |  |
| Plato | Plato operates as a sales intelligence platform for wholesale. | $14.5M | Seed | Feb 19, 2026 |  |
| NaroIQ | Naro provides services for capital allocation and data provision in the financial sector. | $6.5M | Seed | Jun 18, 2025 |  |
| dotbase | Bringing real‑time, personalized medicine to every clinical workstation. |  | Pre-Seed | May 01, 2025 |  |
| Zero | If you want to know more or have any queries, just knock us here– 24 Hours Reply/Contact Email: smmsellshop@gmail.com Telegram: @smmsellshop Skype: smmsellshop | $2.7M | Pre-Seed | Dec 02, 2024 |  |
| ARX Robotics | ARX is a defense technology company that specializes in the development of autonomous unmanned systems for dual-use applications. | $9.7M | Seed | Jun 10, 2024 |  |
| NaroIQ | Naro provides services for capital allocation and data provision in the financial sector. |  | Seed | Feb 26, 2024 |  |
| NaroIQ | Naro provides services for capital allocation and data provision in the financial sector. | $2.9M | Pre-Seed | Feb 26, 2024 |  |
| Due | Due is a financial firm with the goal of reshaping international payments using stablecoins and blockchain technology. | $3.3M | Seed | Nov 07, 2023 |  |
| Due | Due is a blockchain payment service provider that is developing a platform to connect domestic payment channels utilizing open and interoperable blockchain protocols. | $3.3M | Seed | Nov 07, 2023 |  |

10 of 62 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Atlantic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlantic-labs) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [HV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/holtzbrinck-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Visionaries Club](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/visionaries-club) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Coatue](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coatue) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Nexus Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nexus-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Project A Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/project-a-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Discovery Ventures invest in?

Discovery Ventures invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 62 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Discovery Ventures's check size?

Discovery Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$14M at Seed, $1.3M–$4M at Pre-Seed and $12M–$44M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Discovery Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Discovery Ventures?

Public channels for Discovery Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Discovery Ventures?

The team at Discovery Ventures includes Federico Traeger (Investor), Finn Weise (Partner) and Jan Deepen (Founding Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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